"I'll take 'Moments That Make Me Want to Die in a Fire' for $1,600, Alex."

The strange thing is the notion of a collapse, because this wasn't a conventional collapse in any way. Both the offense and defense played pretty well deep into the game, and the Falcons stayed true to their style and gameplan because of it. Put simply, the defense was on the field WAY too long (93 snaps!), the offense made 2 mistakes when they could only afford 1, and, most importantly, the Patriots were essentially perfect down the stretch. Literally, they did everything they needed to do and got a little help from the football gods via that miraculous catch.

The only thing I think where the Falcons maybe blew it was the play calling when they had 1st down at the Pats 22 and up 28-20. Everyone NOW says the Falcons should've simply gone run, run, run and then kick the field goal, but how many times do where hear coaches and players say you don't change your stripes during a game?

I'm gutted at HOW they lost, but at the same time I can't watch the game and deny that over the full 60+ New England deserved it. They did. Sadly.

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Originally Posted by Dale

We know it's the worst collapse in Super Bowl history. But after learning that Atlanta's sports teams have garnered ONE championship in sixty years ... I'm going to call it the worst loss in NFL history.

And people wonder why we're incredibly pessimistic here. That ratio (national titles per years of pro sports) happens to be the worst among major cities, especially after Cleveland's NBA title last summer.

__________________"How can anybody be enlightened? Truth is after all so poorly lit."